Mᵉphîybôsheth — H4648

Definition

masculine proper noun

Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites

1. Mephibosheth = "exterminating the idol"
2. grandson of Saul and son of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Saul's concubine; he and his brother Armoni were among the 7 victims surrendered by David to the Gibeonites to avert a famine
3. son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul
1. also 'Merib-baal'

Usually translated as

Mephibosheth

Origin

or Mᵉphibôsheth; probably from H6284 and H1322; dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal)

• Pâʼâh (H6284)
• Bôsheth (H1322)

Occurrences

Mᵉphîybôsheth occurs 15 times in 13 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (13)

• 2 Samuel 4:4 — And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth (מְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת).
• 2 Samuel 9:6 — Now when Mephibosheth (מְפִיבֹ֨שֶׁת), the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!
• 2 Samuel 9:6 — Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth (מְפִיבֹ֔שֶׁת). And he answered, Behold thy servant!
• 2 Samuel 9:10 — Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth (וּמְפִיבֹ֙שֶׁת֙) thy master’s son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
• 2 Samuel 9:11 — Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth (וּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁת), said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king’s sons.
• 2 Samuel 9:12 — And Mephibosheth (וְלִמְפִיבֹ֥שֶׁת) had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
• 2 Samuel 9:12 — And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth (לִמְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת).
• 2 Samuel 9:13 — So Mephibosheth (וּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁת) dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king’s table; and was lame on both his feet.
• 2 Samuel 16:1 — And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth (מְפִי) met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
• 2 Samuel 16:4 — Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth (לִמְפִי). And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.
• 2 Samuel 19:24 — And Mephibosheth (וּמְפִבֹ֙שֶׁת֙) the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
• 2 Samuel 19:25 — And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth (מְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת)?
• 2 Samuel 19:30 — And Mephibosheth (מְפִיבֹ֙שֶׁת֙) said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
• 2 Samuel 21:7 — But the king spared Mephibosheth (מְפִי), the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
• 2 Samuel 21:8 — But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth (מְפִבֹ֑שֶׁת); and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: